Background*

Mr. Thomas A. Russo serves as an Executive Vice President at American International Group, Inc., and has been its General Counsel since February 2010. Mr. Russo served as an Executive Vice President of Legal Compliance Regulatory Affairs and Government Affairs at American International Group, Inc. since February 2010. He joined AIG from the New York office of Patton Boggs LLP, where he served as Senior Counsel. He served as a Chief Legal Officer and Managing Director ... of Lehman Brothers Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. Mr. Russo served as a Head of Lehman Brothers Holding’s Corporate Advisory Division. He served as the Chief Legal Officer of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., from 1993 to December 31, 2008 and served as its Executive Vice President until December 31, 2008. He joined Lehman Brothers in 1993. Mr. Russo served as Partner at the Wall Street law firm of Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft. He served as Consultant of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. From 1975 to 1977, he served as Deputy General Counsel of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, and then became First Director of its Division of Trading and Markets. From 1971 to 1975, he served as Associate at Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft. Mr. Russo also worked as an attorney in the Division of Market Regulation of the Securities and Exchange Commission from 1969 to 1971. He served as Vice Chairman of the Board of Lehman Brothers Inc. since July 1999. He serves as Member of numerous Editorial Boards. Mr. Russo serves as Chairman of Institute of International Education, Inc., which administers the Fulbright Scholarship Program. He serves as Vice Chairman of Trustees March of Dimes and Institute for Financial Markets. He serves as a Member of the Board of Directors of NYU Downtown Hospital and a member of the Counterparty Risk Management Policy Group II. He serves as a Trustee of Institute of International Education, Inc. He serves as a Member of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York's International Advisory Committee. He serves as a Member of Advisory Committee at Securities and Exchange Commission Historical Society and Monitoring Committee of The Group of Thirty. He served as a Member of Board of Governors at Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Inc. Mr. Russo served as a Director of Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association. He also works with The Economic Club of New York, United States Council for International Business and Foreign Policy Association. On three separate occasions, he was listed in the National Law Journal as one of the "100 Most Influential Lawyers in America." Mr. Russo has written numerous articles on topics in the securities, derivatives, commodities and banking fields as well as textbooks on securities law and commodities law. A Phi Beta Kappa Graduate of Fordham University with a BA, Mr. Russo holds a JD at Cornell Law School and an MBA at Cornell Graduate School of Business Administration.

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